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December 2

washington monument

I recently learned that atop of the Washington monument there is a inscription {LAUS DEO}.In your article it does not state this and the reason for my question is I can not see atop the monument to see if this in fact a fact.can you help me with this.Also Laus Deo stands for Praise Be to God. Thanks ken brooks [redacted]

There is no need to provide you e-mail address; answers will be given only on this page. In addition, have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. Intelligentsium 00:17, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Pictures

Okay, I want to add a picture of a band to one of the articles, but it seems like there are barely any free images? How is it (other then taking a picture of them at a live show) can I make my own picture of them and use it? Can I edit it, and make it an animation type photo, will that work? Or take several shots from different pictures, and then make a completely different work? Moptopstyle1 01:52, 2 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moptopstyle1 (talk • contribs)

What is the name of the band? How have you tried searching for free content images so far? Sometimes you can find images with {{Flickr free}} and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. You can upload pictures you take as long as they don't violate copyright restrictions on the objects you photograph. See Commons:Commons:Image casebook#People. Generally, people who are public figures appearing in public places where they would have no expectation of privacy are allowable for you to photograph. You can make your own animation and donate that too, as long as it is not a derivative work of non-free content. See Commons:COM:EIC#Copyright for more information. And see Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. --Teratornis (talk) 02:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

The band is House of Heroes, so if you want to find a free picture of them, go right ahead. I've tired Flickr and there's not really any group shots that I'm looking for. And, I'm a terrible artist, so, if I was to take a shot of each of there faces from a photo and then animate it, (NOT SHOWING THE BACKGROUND FOR COPYRIGHT PURPOSES OF COURSE), would that be okay? Moptopstyle1 02:42, 2 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moptopstyle1 (talk • contribs)

No, that would be a derivate work of the original, copyrighted picture, that you took the faces from. Your only recourse is to take a picture, yourself, of the band in a public place, like at one of their shows, and upload the photo yourself, licencing it appropriately. That is the only way to do it. A quick perusal of existing articles on bands & musicians shows that's exactly how its done around here, plus, it is policy. --Jayron32 05:34, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

flickr had a few but nothing of the whole band. I thought Tim Skipper's image was badass and threw it in commons. It could probably be used somewhere in the article. That file is also currently uncategorized. There is a Christian musicians category but I thought I would let someone more familiar with the guy figure out the best ones for navigation.Cptnono (talk) 07:18, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I put the image in Commons:Category:Christian musicians for now, and I added a Commons:Template:Categorize to that category, as it has no suitable subcategory for this image yet. Perhaps Moptopstyle1 will become interested in categories on Commons and read all the links under Commons:COM:EIC#Cat. (And I guess when this band gets too old for rock and roll, they can open a sandwich shop.) --Teratornis (talk) 06:50, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

That is one rockin' picture of Tim Skipper. Thanks for adding it. Moptopstyle1 02:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moptopstyle1 (talk • contribs)

Google search wildcards

Can someone help me tweak my Google searching? In an attempt to gain reliable sourcing for newpage BLP's, I am appending -wiki -twitter -linkedin -bing -facebook -myspace -blog -seomoz -directory -list -job -spider -robtex -local -network -software -person -host -consult -commerce -blogspot -social -market -contract -album -sponsor -digg +news to the end of my search term and would like to know if I have covered everything as far as omitting unreliable sources, or is there something else that can be added? ArcAngel (talk) 02:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Your search string is not specifically removing sites from the search, but excluding Web pages containing any of those keywords. This is a potentially imprecise way to exclude unreliable sources, since there could be reliable sources that mention a person and contain one of those words incidentally. (For example, you won't find much on Bing Crosby with the -bing keyword.) You might also find content that someone copied from an unreliable source without attribution, such that the material in its alternate location contains none of the exclusion terms. A better method might be to set up your own Google custom search that searches a list of sites known to be reliable. For example you could start with the Top 500 external websites to which Wikipedia links. Any such search method can only be a starting point in the search for reliable sources about random people. --Teratornis (talk) 02:26, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Maybe someday Google will provide an option to search only in reliable sources. --Teratornis (talk) 02:27, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

They do! Google News searches. I personally like drilling through the archives by date. You still may see some blogs and unreliable "news" but it is great. GScholar and GBooks are also nice.Cptnono (talk) 06:58, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Not showing Bing Crosby in searches for reliable sources isn't a bad thing. I was just trying to weed out blogs, networking, joblists, and other such sources that invariably come up. ArcAngel (talk) 15:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

What to write for no breaks

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 16:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

What du you write if you don't want a break between some words? For example no breaks between these three words: Steinway & Sons. Fanoftheworld (talk) 02:40, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Erm, don't use the space bar? Intelligentsium 02:43, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

The space bar is needed. But I don't think that the company's name should be broken in two lines. Fanoftheworld (talk) 02:49, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I must not have understood your question. What do you mean by "two lines"? Intelligentsium 02:53, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

If you feel that you really need to do this then use non-breaking spaces, this is done on Wikipedia with the code  , so you would write in wikicode -

Steinway & Sons

This will appear as normal when viewed but the whole name will be treated as one word and will not wrap. Nanonic (talk) 02:59, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

If you have a long text with the company name Steinway & Sons included, it is possible that the line will break in the midle of the company name Steinway & Sons, for example:

... jasv vl sv daflv adf vld vdafvfdvdfv Steinway &
Sons fdjhv sdfv sud vus vs dv suid v...

It doesn't look good that the company name is broken. What do you do to provide line breaks in the company's name? Fanoftheworld (talk) 02:58, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

  so you should type it out as Steinway & Sons Regards, Woody (talk) 02:55, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Fanoftheworld (talk) 03:05, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

A problem with wikipedia in Firefox. Please, help.

I have a problem. All of a sudden, when I access Wikipedia from my computer on Firefox, the images do not appear. It only happens with Firefox and only with Wikipedia (For example, the images on LOSTpedia do appear). How do I fix this?Intruder007 (talk) 02:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried purging the pages that you're viewing? GlassCobra 07:02, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I just tried and it doesn't work. :( Intruder007 (talk) 02:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

In Firefox it's easy to accidentally block images on a site by right clicking an image and then clicking the wrong option. You may need (possibly some details depend on the version): Tools - Options - Content - Load images automatically - Click the "exceptions" button and delete http://upload.wikimedia.org from the list - Highlight - "Remove site" button. See also Wikipedia:Troubleshooting#Firefox doesn't display images for another possibility. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:33, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

It worked. Thank you very much :) Intruder007 (talk) 03:28, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Guideline for location wikilinks

I believe that there is a Wiki guideline that indicates that location links of the form [[City, State]] are preferred over [[City, State|City]], [State]] but I cannot find it. For example, Chicago, Illinois (one link) is preferred over Chicago, Illinois (two links). Any idea where I can find the guideline? Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 03:12, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I presumed to have read the opposite, so I always tend to make it two links rather than one. Like you, however, I cannot find such guidance anywhere yet. Still looking. --Jayron32 05:19, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I was just chatting about this with someone. He said that the city was more specific so the state was not neeeded. It is called "chain linnking". I have not found a style guideline yet but am still looking also.Cptnono (talk) 06:51, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Like Jayron, I had also read the opposite. The formatting from {{city-state}} is usually preferred, AFAIK. GlassCobra 07:04, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

My memory aligns with Truthanado. I think we need chapter and verse from someone. Jan1naD ^{(talk • contrib)} 10:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

When you state "I cannot find (the guideline)" it would be helpful if you would say where you looked, so others can know where else to look. (When a question is difficult and no Help desk volunteer knows the answer, the best we may be able to provide is more help with searching further. Given the size of Wikipedia, it's hard to know when a search is ever comprehensive.) Did you read the links under Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities#Article guidelines and conventions? If the answer is not there, you could ask on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities and/or Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names) after reading through their archive pages. --Teratornis (talk) 17:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Or we can use the help desk where editors typically come to find answer that another will have off the top of your head. I personally searched the Editor's Index for "chain linking". I would say if you don't have an answer don't bother but the suggestion to search those old discussions might be useful. Cptnono (talk) 22:28, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

In response to Teratornis suggestion, I looked in several places, including WP:MOS, WP:GEO, WP:STATE, WP:LINKS and have tried several keyword searches in Wikipedia's search box (ex: wikilinks, location links) with no success. I think I will start asking some editors who are active in geographic articles if they know where a guideline is, assuming there is one (I know someone explained it to me about a year ago and that is how I have been copyediting). Cheers. Truthanado (talk) 01:30, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks to several experienced editors I talked with for providing the following information:

• There is some information as part of the Wikipedia:Manual of Style and Wikipedia:Linking; however there does not appear to be such a guideline (in fact there was a project/group working to the opposite plan). Increasingly, though, the style is more in line with Naperville, Illinois, (wikilink the city only, don't link the state) on the basis that it is visually clear that there is one link and it takes you to Naperville, and that Illinois is in many contexts (maybe not the first time in say, a county article of Illinois) an overlink. Certainly US, UK, France, USSR etc. are widely considered overlinking. While both methods are acceptable to use for linking city/states, one method of linking should be used consistently throughout the article. Truthanado (talk) 02:56, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

adding new article

how do i add a new article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramroder (talk • contribs) 04:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Your first article for basic principles and Wikipedia:Article wizard 2.0 for a "wizard" that will walk you through the process. --Jayron32 05:14, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article. GlassCobra 07:06, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Unit symbols in ranges

Resolved

 – Cptnono (talk) 10:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I am not seeing a precedent for this in FA articles and can't find anyhting in the MoS. I'm sure there is something somewhere though. Assuming all of the conversions non nonbreaking spaces are done, is Wikipeida's style guide: 1yd x 2 yd or 1 x 2yd? Another example 1%–1% or 1–1% ? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Cptnono (talk) 05:33, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Did you see the Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Non-breaking spaces section? It has links to other stylistic guidelines as well. GlassCobra 07:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah. I was too lazy to format it for the question, though :) . I'm just looking for the usage units of measurement and such within a range. Cptnono (talk) 07:25, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Surely 1yd x 2 yd and 1 x 2yd mean two different things, the first suggests an area of 2 square yards, while the second a single length of 2 yards. So, use the form that relates to what you are trying to say. Or have I missed the point of your question entilrely? Jan1naD ^{(talk • contrib)} 09:58, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

No. That is perfect for that instance(which there is plenty of)! And now it has clicked. Thanks. Cptnono (talk) 10:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Bold not working

Resolved

What is wrong with the bolding at The Body Issue.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 08:32, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Apparently the server got confused by the triple appostrophe on “''Sports Illustrated'''s”. —teb728 t c 09:02, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Moving Airport Bratsk to AeroBratsk

Hi guys, there is a Russian airline which (according to their website) calls itself AeroBratsk [1]. Here at Wikipedia, it has an entry under the name Airport Bratsk. AeroBratsk already exists as a redirect. The term "Airport Bratsk" can obviously easily be mixed up with Bratsk Airport, which is why I want to to move the airline to "AeroBratsk" and have a notice placed at the Airport (for the airline, see...). As the target page already exists, who can help me with the move? Thanks! Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 10:56, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

...and AirVolga to Air Volga

Again, this airline's official name is Air Volga, the stylish AirVolga is only done for marketing reasons [2]. There I have the same problem: Air Volga already exists as a redirect page. Thank you again. Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 11:34, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Good morning Astra, you may wish to make these requests at Wikipedia:Requested moves, probably in the Uncontroversial moves section. Alternatively, you could be bold and move the pages yourself, as your reasoning seems sound. GlassCobra 15:21, 2

December 2009 (UTC)

But that's exactly my problem: How can I move a page if the page I want to move it to already exists? Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 15:39, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I've moved the page. There shouldn't be a problem with you doing it, as moving pages over redirects is permitted for any autoconfirmed user. TNXMan 15:42, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I assume the move of Airport Bratsk to AeroBratsk is following suit? Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 15:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Why don't you try that one? If it doesn't work, just post here again and we can see what's going on. TNXMan 16:02, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I did try. There it is the same problem all over again: I can't move it, because the page already exists. How should I do do it by myself? Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 16:05, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

What message do you get when you try to move the page? TNXMan 16:13, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

"The page could not be moved: a page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is not valid. Please choose another name, or use Requested moves to ask an administrator to help you with the move. Do not manually move the article by copying and pasting it; the page history must be moved along with the article text." So, I thought here would be the right place to ask for help. Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 16:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

All done. Let me know if you have further questions. TNXMan 16:32, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I think non-admins can only move pages over redirects if there have been no intervening edits - sometimes a bot will come along and add a category to the redirect page so then the move requires admin action. – ukexpat (talk) 16:34, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

trying to log in

It has been a few years since I last logged in. My account (seltzer) is recognized, but my password isn't. When I try to have a new password emailed to me, I get a message that you don't have an email address on file for me. Should I simply create a new account?

Best wishes.

Richard Seltzer, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.143.60 (talk) 16:39, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like you'll have to create a new account. If your account doesn't an email address associated with it and you've forgotten the password, there's no way to get back in to your account. TNXMan 16:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Incidently, Special:Contributions/seltzer shows that the account has no contributions (and SoxRed's counter shows that this includes deleted edits) since it was created at 03:35, 7 February 2006. If you create a new account, you could usurp the old account. However, if you are the owner of the account 'seltzer' on the Spanish Wikipedia and the Japanese Wikipedia, you may be able to use Unified login to have them all connected - if you did it from the Spanish or Japanese Wikipedias, I think (but others will have to confirm this) that you can set a password on one of those that would be the password for 'all' the WMF wikipedia projects, including this one. (The process will involve logging in to each of them and leaving a message about SUL, but this is explained at the 'Unified login' page, I think - you would have to Usurp the account first, which takes 7 days if successful) -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 12:13, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Unable to reference website on wikipedia page

I am not exactly the most program-savvy person on earth, but I am unable to reference our company website anywhere in our wikipedia posting.

or —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.69.199.18 (talk) 16:49, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I took this template from one of our competitors and they have this same line of text and are able to reference the corporate website. I want to site the company history and other areas. I have been rejected four times and I am now near the "ban" threshold. How am I able to make these changes without getting banned from our company IP address being able to edit the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.69.199.18 (talk) 16:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

The issue I am having is that the website you are adding is not related to the page you are adding it to. The page Indiana Botanic Gardens appears distinct from BotanicChoice.com. The site you are adding does not appear to be the actual website for Indiana Botanical Gardens. LeilaniLad (talk) 16:54, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

It is inappropriate for you, or anyone from your company, to be editing Indiana Botanic Gardens, due to our conflict of interest rules. I suggest you start a dialog on the article's talk page. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 16:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn't even bother doing that - it's clearly a spamlink and should probably be added to the spamfilter blacklist.  – ukexpat (talk) 17:15, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Viewing block logs for a CIDR range

Is there any way to view a block log for an entire CIDR range, as opposed to IP-by-IP? Thanks. —Zach425 ^talk/contribs 09:48, 2 December 2009 (UTC) (re-posted at 17:41, 2 December 2009 (UTC)~)

This might be better addressed at WP:VPT. --AndrewHowse (talk) 17:43, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Good idea, I'll give that a shot. Thanks! —Zach425 ^talk/contribs 18:14, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Adding an article for a social network

I have a social network and I would like to post a wikipedia page but everytime I try it wont let me. It says something like black listed. I'm not really sure what that means. My site is www.mixedminded.com and it is a simple social networking site not any type of virus or adware or anything like that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.111.213.204 (talk) 18:06, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

It's probably not encyclopedic. Wikipedia is not a web directory. Please see WP:NOT. --AndrewHowse (talk) 18:16, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Or the title has been protected against re-creation because it has been deleted and re-created too many times. – ukexpat (talk) 19:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Download Recent Changes

Is it possible to download the "Recent changes" special page? I know I can view a single page and save it as HTML. I want to download, say, the last 5,000 recent changes. -- kainaw™ 18:24, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't think there's a way to directly download it, but you can take a web feed from Wikipedia:Syndication to create http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=rss for RSS or http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom for Atom. Using one of these URLs, you can probably use a reader, either online or downloaded, that can save it to a file. Comparison of feed aggregators has a list of such programs. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:56, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello

My actual Name is Johnny Soma and I am attempting to create a wikipedia about myself and my rising Band Soma. However someone on your network saved my name as their "account user name" and have not contributed Its my understanding that I can't start a Johnny Soma page or use that name because of this. If this user isn't using the account name or if it is my legal name Can that partys account be deleted or changed for inactivity or infringement? Please inform me of my options. thank you.

Johnny Soma

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.17.129.22 (talk) 18:41, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

First, unless your band is notable - meaning that you have been signed to a major label, have had hit songs, have been the subject of newspaper/magazine articles in nationwide media, and when you hold a concert thousands of people purchase tickets - your article will get deleted. It is a complete waste of time to try to create the article because it will be deleted as soon as you hit the save button.

Second, someone using Johnny Soma as a username doesn't prevent you from creating an article named Johnny Soma. But, again, if you are not notable, the article will get deleted. -- kainaw™ 18:50, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you wish for them to be permanently removed from the page history, email this address. --Mysdaao ^talk 19:17, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Please also read WP:COI, WP:AUTO, WP:BAND and WP:RS. – ukexpat (talk) 19:22, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

And WP:UPANDCOMING. --Teratornis (talk) 21:55, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Why does Category:People from Kansas City, Missouri redirect to Category:People from the Kansas City metropolitan area?

I understand why Category:People from Kansas City would be redirected. But there should be a sub-category by city and state. In Jackson County alone, there are categories for people from Blue Springs, Independence, Lee's Summit, and Raytown. It doesn't seem right that the anchor city of the metropolitan area wouldn't have its own category. And you can't necessarily categorize by county because Kansas City, Missouri covers parts or all of 4 different counties. Any help or comments would be appreciated.--JustAGal (talk) 21:30, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

There is probably nobody here (at the Help Desk) that can answer your question. If you want an answer, either ask on the talk page Category Talk:People from the Kansas City metropolitan area, or else look through the history of the redirect and find the editor who created it and ask on their talk page. On the other hand, if what you really want is for it to be changed, be bold and change it! (You can pick 'What links here' from the category it redirects to, and then edit that and remove the REDIRECT). Of course others might disagree with you, so if you do do that I suggest you put a note on its talk page explaining why you have done it. --ColinFine (talk) 00:22, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I misspelled the title for an article I authored

The title should be Rothschild Kids, not Rothchild Kids. Smith user (talk) 23:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Use the "Move" tab at the top of the page, next to the edit tab. Then you can put in the right spelling. —Akrabbim^talk 23:33, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Note that you won't see a "move" tab since you aren't autoconfirmed. As your article has been tagged for deletion because it is blatant advertising (read CSD G11 fore more information), I wouldn't worry too much about fixing the title unless the deletion is declined. You probably want to read the tutorial, the manual, or Your first article (I recommend reading at least part of all of them) to find out how to write a neutral and verifiable article about a notable topic that cites reliable sources. See also the Business FAQ. If your article covers all five of those points, it is likely to "stick". Xenon54 / talk / 23:39, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah yes, I forgot that you don't have to be autoconfirmed to create an article and just assumed he was already. And I fixed your linked to WP:AUTOCONFIRM. —Akrabbim^talk 23:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

December 3

Finding mediawiki messages

How do you guys find things in the mediawiki namespace? For instance, say I wanted the easiest way to find what mediawiki message generates the text at Special:LonelyPages or Special:UnusedCategories. Can you tell me your method of finding it?--141.155.144.171 (talk) 00:33, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Most comes from Special:AllMessages. Sometimes (at times of slowdown or error) the system has to fallback on the language defaults, which are in php files distributed as part of MediaWiki itself (and thus aren't in the database). -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 00:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Use the search at Wikipedia:MediaWiki messages. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 00:45, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

publishing problem / save page caution message

Hello to all Wikipedians;

I am experiencing following problem - I am trying to publish an article - however when I click on "Save page" following message appears:

"Caution: An automated filter has identified this edit as a possible autobiography. Please be aware that writing autobiographies is strongly discouraged, and may result in the article being deleted. For more information, please see Wikipedia policy on autobiographies and Wikipedia policy on conflicts of interest."

And the article does not go live. My article is not an autobiography so I am not sure what to do to resolve this problem.

Can anyone help with an advice?

Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Labelzine (talk • contribs) 00:45, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

This message is usually triggered when you are editing on a subject that matches your username. If that is the case, I suggest your read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. If the article you are creating is not an autobiography or a conflict of interest, then that message will not stop you from creating it. Press "Save page" again after you see the message, and the article will be created. --Mysdaao ^talk 02:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Considering your test edit in the Sandbox, I think you should seriously consider reading Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Dismas|^(talk) 03:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Editing toolbar

What generates the edit toolbar? I know it is really just a selection of images (which can be found here), but how are the captions generated? -- Anxietycello (talk) 00:46, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Brown Lake

How large is Brown Lake in Steuben County, IN? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.54.119.113 (talk) 01:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. --Mysdaao ^talk 01:55, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Question about TV Show pages (and possibly Merge/Delete?)

I'm pretty new here so I'm not sure what to do (or where to address this), and I don't want to get anyone upset! I've found 2 pages for the episodes of 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series) and I'm trying to figure out if there really is supposed to be/needs to be 2 of them. The two articles are:

10 Things I Hate About You (Season 1)

List of 10 Things I Hate About You episodes

The second page seems redundant to me, with show descriptions appearing to be directly from the first page. I don't see any added content/necessary info in the second page. From what I can see by surfing around Wikipedia, TV shows often have pages for each season of episodes. So eventually there would be a Season 2 page for 10 Things. Does there need to be a complete compilation also?

My personal thought would be to delete the second page (List of 10 Things I Hate About You episodes). (According to proper protocols, of course.) I don't think there is even a reason to merge anything. But as a newbie, am I just missing something here? Like I said, don't want to get anyone angry. Any input would be appreciated, even if it is to just 'mind my own business'. --Logical Fuzz (talk) 03:42, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

• You have brought up a valid point. At this time I would agree that without a second season, it is redundent having both articles. The difficult issue then becomes do you propose deletion (PROD or Afd), ask to move it to the creator's sandbox to a time when the article is warrented, or leave it knowning there is a high likelyhood that unless the series is cancelled, that both the series episodes list and the season 1 articles will be needed. A look at the featured Project Lost will show why it is helpful to have both, once the series has progressed. The list giving one a quick summary of all the episodes with links to their articles, while the individual season articles give a synopsis of the season and a recap of the seasons episode in a little more detail, along with production and cast information. My oppinion would be to keep it for now; however, that is just my rational. Kindly Calmer Waters 07:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. From the Lost example, I can see why a second page might be needed. While this show has no where near the fan base (or eventual longevity) of Lost, I guess it does makes sense to keep it just in case for now. The descriptions would eventually be removed from the second article as the episode list grows, bringing the page more in-line with other shows. Thanks for your input, I needed another set of eyes. --Logical Fuzz (talk) 12:20, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

LOGIN info, please

Dear Wikipedia support, Pleased to meet you. Requesting my login information, please. Thank you, annett strahan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.3.76.36 (talk) 03:45, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

We can't retrieve it for you. If you registered an account with an email address, you can go to the login page and request that a new password be emailed to you. --AndrewHowse (talk) 04:27, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

This will also require you to remember your registered username, however.—WAvegetarian (talk) 04:29, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

You can create an account at Special:UserLogin/signup. 04:35, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Username problem

I am also having a problem. The system will not let me create a new user account under the name I am trying for (42). It says the account is already created when I try to create an account, and checking the list, there is no "created on" information with the account name in question. When I try to log-in using the name, it tells me that account already exists. My e-mail is . Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. 69.182.192.195 (talk) 04:08, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

That username exists. See Special:ListUsers. Creation dates were only made available for accounts created after a cutoff. Please choose another name. --AndrewHowse (talk) 04:26, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm not surprised the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything was taken long ago. If you really want it then see Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:32, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I am using that name on another wiki, looks like will have to rework it for this one. Oh well. Might see about getting it, since there seems to be little to no activity on the current "42" name. Thanks both for the help and suggestions. 69.182.192.195 (talk) 05:46, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Spamfilter

When I wrote an AFD comment for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zanimana: The Blue-eyed Cat, I accidentally triggered the spamfilter by including a link to lulu.com. Well, in that case, I'll remove it. When I hit the back button, my entire contribution was gone, even though edits are usually remembered by my browser. Not only does this make discussing the particular information from the link more complicated than it needs to be, it forced me to write a rather lengthy paragraph twice and waste time I could've spend doing other stuff. Is it possible for the filter to be adapted so contributions don't disappear on an accidental trigger? Besides, we have an abusefilter now. We can disallow the use in articlespace specifically. Why is it even blocked? There are plenty of valid reasons to link there. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:05, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

The back button in Firefox 3.5.5 works for me in a test and goes to an edit page with my text. Are you sure you used the browser back button and not the link on the spam filter page saying "Return to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zanimana: The Blue-eyed Cat". PrimeHunter (talk) 12:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, browser back button. I did something even worse, I used IE... But surely that should make no difference? - Mgm|^(talk) 13:09, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

IE is known for not keeping form data when the back button is clicked. See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 67#Functions. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:25, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

User page Page protection

Are admins the only ones who can protect their own user pages and talk pages?Accdude92 (talk to me!) (sign) 14:14, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes. Admins (and bureacrats, as well as stewards I think) are the only editors who can protect any page. Any other user needs to request page protection. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 14:27, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, just admins and stewards. The 'bureaucrat' flag doesn't give the 'protect' right, but, since all 'crats are admins, they can protect pages. User talk pages are not generally protected, except in response to heavy vandalism or trolling by sockpuppets.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail} 14:54, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I didn't mention that, as I don't think there's ever been anyone with the 'crat flag who didn't have the admin flag - and I can't see a situation arising where someone would only have a 'crat flag, as I assume if they gave up the admin bit, they'd also give up the 'crat one! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 15:30, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, if there was a non-admin 'crat (doubt it. If they can't survive RfA, there's no way they can survive RfB), they would probably give themselves the sysop flag.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail} 16:30, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Theoretically, arbcom could de-sysop but not de-crat. Likewise, theoretically, the discussion allowing de-sysoping by a community process oculd allow removing the admin bit but not the crat bit. In reality, I expect any admin who loses that bit to surrender or at least not contest the stripping of bits that either practically or historically require adminship unless the process that stripped the mop allowed him to keep the shovel or other high-level privilege. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 14:55, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Migration

I tried to sign in @ Wikileaks and my user account has not migrated to that site. Can I migrate my account manually ? Mark Pearcy (talk) 16:49, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikileaks seems to use the MediaWiki software, but their accounts have no connection with Wikipedia accounts. If you want an account there, you create it there. —teb728 t c 17:21, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Yep as far as I'm aware Wikileaks and Wikimedia aren't affiliated in any way. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 18:25, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

google searching locates text in a wikipedia entry, but wikipedia entry does not include the text (why?)

I am a professor grading a student's paper. I suspect plagiarism. When I search for long phrases in his paper, Google says the paragraphs are found on the following site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation

But when I go to the site, none of the text is there, nor can I find it on any of the links from that particular wikipedia entry. Where is it? And why does Google still find it? (and how the heck did my student find it?)

Here's an example of some of the missing sentences: "Beginning in Philadelphia after the American Revolueiont, the black community created a separate system of religious denominations, in part because of discrimination." "The black churches grew after the Civil War because freedmen wanted their own organizations. The churches were also an expression of a distinct black spirituality. Since then, blacks developed their own churches within nearly all of the leading Protestant denominations."

Any help you can offer (maybe finding an earlier, archived version of this site?) will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Pam Pennock University of Michigan-Dearborn 69.14.154.132 (talk) 18:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

It's just an archived version that has previously been stored. It's easier for the search engine to pull it up. Since the time it was stored, the text of the actual article (as hosted here) has changed. Atleast that's my interpretation of it, I'm not big on computer science. Grsz¹¹ 18:43, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I have found that text in this version from May, but it was unsourced and that is likely why it was removed. Grsz¹¹ 18:46, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

If you click the "History" tab at the top of the article, you can view prior versions of the article. The specific text you mention is in the version of the article dated November 25th - it was removed by an anonymous editor on Nov 30th.

Within Google, there's frequently a link marked "Cache" which will show the older version of the page which caused Google to find the page originally. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:49, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

That specific language was part of the article since it was added in a revision on 13:17, 3 April 2008 by User:Parkwells, and remained part of the article until edited out on 30 November 2009 by an anonymous editor. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:27, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Sometimes viewing Google's cached version of the article is a faster way to see the version that included the text. It will also tell you the time that Google grabbed the file, which can help you quickly find when in the edit history the text was removed. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 14:49, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Cannot access account

I cannot seem to get logged in. I started creating an account this morning on my iPhone, and when I tried logging in to finish, it would not work. I set it up as The company name is Art Box International and the email address for the account is (I tried having a new password sent to me but nothing has come yet!). Please reply to Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.16.84.146 (talk) 19:24, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Publishing your username and pw on the web might not be the best idea. That account, in fact, does not appear to have been created. In any event, it would probably be blocked as a result of this post, since it contravenes our username policy - see WP:USERNAME. Your best bet is to register a new account under a different name, after reading WP:COI. --AndrewHowse (talk) 19:29, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

The account in question does not seem to exist. Please pick a more secure password and a username which does not violate WP:USERNAME when you register. When you edit, bear in mind WP:COI will severely limit the edits you make on topics closely related to you or your company. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 02:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

enviromental organizations

i was very impressed with your list of enviromental organizations and wondered if it was possible to gat a list of email addresses to facilitate a mass email inviting participants in an organized effort to reduce carbon footprints and help save the planet! we are a small group of canadians and costa ricans looking to help organize and empower these groups! thank you for your time and effort ... pura vida ... j —preceding unsigned comment added by 201.204.10.174 (talk) 20:09, 3 december 2009 (utc)

Next time, please find your capslock key. It's on your keyboard at the left, and when it's on, people will find it very annoying. To answer your question, no we do not have lists of email address, and we certainly don't hand out such lists for spamming purposes. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:17, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is part of the open source and free content movements, and in general most people who are involved in these movements behave as if they believe it is better to let interested people "pull" the information they want, rather than try to "push" information at them which they did not request. In other words, it is better to ask people what they want, rather than tell them what you think they should want. If you want to help people cut their carbon footprints, the first step is to inform yourself as completely as possible about all the efforts already underway by other people to do just that (for example, 350.org, Category:Climate change organizations). If you find a group that is already doing what you want to do, you could join that group and start local chapters. If you have thought up some completely new way to cut your carbon footprint, then you might publish it somewhere, but not on Wikipedia because we do not accept original research. Your small group is probably not the only small group that has had the idea to "organize" the efforts of the vast array of environmental organizations which are already active. However, I am sure all of those organizations are already busy with advancing their own agendas. I doubt they are all just sitting around waiting for someone to come in and "organize" them. No offense, that's just the way the world works. The world always has a lot more "thinkers" than "doers". If you're interested in "doing", there are lots of things to do on Wikipedia, but first you would have to understand Wikipedia's neutral point of view. That is not a natural way to think for people who advocate a cause. You can also edit on other wikis that do not have a neutral point of view; see Wikiindex:Category:Environment. You might like Appropedia. There is a Wiki Global Warming which is at the moment spammed and in need of wikilove, but to clean up the spam you would need to get administrator access from whoever owns the wiki. --Teratornis (talk) 21:49, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Hello, I don't understand why the information I'm putting into the infoboxes does not show up on the page (on some articles). For example, all the titles for Solomon Eliezer Alfandari don't appear in his infobox, whereas the title does appear for Ben Zion Abba Shaul. Also, the word "position" is misspelled several times on the template (Template:Infobox Jewish leader), but I can't seem to fix it. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:30, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

The reason the information you added is not showing up in the infobox on Solomon Eliezer Alfandari is because the infobox expects the field to be called "organisationposition" with an s, while the article is using "organizationposition" with a z. And you most of the misspellings of on Template:Infobox Jewish leader originated from the documentation page Template:Infobox Jewish leader/doc. I have fixed the spelling mistakes. --Mysdaao ^talk 20:48, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

"Template loop detected"

When I tryed to make an infobox for my user page, it didn't work and a message came up saying Template loop detected . Why did this happen? Dannyboy1209 (talk) 20:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

You've created template Y that uses template X that uses template Y, creating a cycle. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 20:35, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

And I would strongly recommend that you don't advertise your age. Very very strongly recommend. Franamax (talk) 20:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, its a template X that uses template X. Spitfire^Tally-ho! 20:38, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Alright, I've tagged said template for deletion. May I suggest that you use {{Infobox user}} instead? If you need a hand on how to use the template parameters just ask. Also, I agree with Franamax, you should be careful about revealing your age on the Internet. Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 20:45, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Dannyboy, I've switched your user page over to use {{Infobox User}} so the ugly deletion message doesn't show up, hope that's alright. Franamax (talk) 20:48, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia editor review in my Sandbox

Hello,

I would like to contribute articles--namely biographies of leading innovators at several Fortune 500 companies.

I am wondering if I can have someone edit/review my first article contribution to ensure that it won't be deleted.

I would put it in the Sandbox first but wanted to see if someone would have the time to check it out.Renee Weiss (talk) 22:30, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure we will take a look, and WP:FEED also exists for feedback requests. Before you begin, please take a look at WP:YFA, WP:BIO, and WP:RS. Also the Article Wizard can help you create articles. – ukexpat (talk) 22:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Your best option is to go ahead and create the article in your personal sandbox, and then come back here and ask for a review. There are hundreds of experienced editors that patrol this help desk and many will look it over once it exists. You may want to use Wikipedia:Article wizard 2.0 to help you create the article (use the "Userspace Draft" option), since the Wizard will walk you through some of the common pitfalls users run into when creating new articles. You should also read Wikipedia:Your first article for some more tips. --Jayron32 22:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Of course, I would be willing to review your article. As I see you have not yet created it, permit me to give you a few tips. *Biographies of living persons need to be sourced *We have a Manual of Style for your perusal *For first time contributors, see Your first article and How to edit a page *Wikipedia is not... *We have a tool to guide you through, step by step. If you have any questions, you can ask me on my talk page, here again, or on any other help page (such as this one and this one). Cheers, Intelligentsium 22:39, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I think there's an echo...echo...echo...in here! – ukexpat (talk) 01:59, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

December 4

Can't find a link within an article

I'm trying to figure out why Pamela Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith link to the redirect for Playmate (the article is actually at Playboy Playmate). I don't see any reason why these two articles link there and it's driving me a bit nuts. Anyone have any idea? Dismas|^(talk) 01:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Anna Nicole Smith#See also currently contains *[[Playmate|List of Playboy Playmates]]. I null edited Pamela Anderson and it disappeared from Special:WhatLinksHere/Playmate. Maybe a link table update from your edit [3] to {{Playmates of 1990}} was waiting in the job queue. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Cool! Thanks! I had null edited the templates but not that article. Didn't think it was necessary. Dismas|^(talk) 22:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Adding an image to an existing page

I'm about as frustrated as can be. I think Wikipedia is the worst place on the web to get a simple question answered!!! I have images I've photographed of hundreds of species of birds and animals, some of them the rarest on earth, and simply want to add them to the wikipedia pages where they exist but have no image.

I don't want to be sent to some link that tries in vain to explain how, as I've yet to figure out how to do this! This should be, I would think, a very typical and common request. How to edit an existing page to add content, etc.!!!!!

Yet I cannot find anything about it. I cannot even figure our the Contact Us pages of how to ask this question and after an hour of trying all kinds of links found this page to ask a question.

Can someone please, help me? I'm not iliterate, I have a Masters degree in Engineering, have produced numerous websites of my own, and am the owner of a Computer Consulting firm!!! Yet, this wikipedia site is unbelievable that you cannot find a simple questions answer.

Please tell me the exact steps to do this. Example, there is a page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechora_Pipit for a species of bird called Pechora Pipit. I've uploaded the image to Wikipedia (figured that out) yet have no clue now how to get it on the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechora_Pipit so that you would now have an image of that species!!!

Maybe simple for wikipediaites, but not the everyday person as myself!

Any suggestions?

Now I find the only button to click on below is "Save Page"?????? What is that supposed to mean? Is this request going to some wikipedia page somewhere in cyberspace or to a homo sapien that can answer my questions????!!! Guess all I have the option to do is that, Save Page!!! STUPID link for SUBMITTING a question!!!!!!!

Monte Taylor http://www.tsuru-bird.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.166.132.19 (talk) 01:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

If you look at the pages you have tried to edit (assuming you got thus far), there should be a similar button. Before we can talk about saving, first we need to make the edit. Click the edit tab at the top of a page. For example, practise doing so at the top of the sandbox (direct link). Then, in the text field, locate where you want to add or remove something, and do so (treat it as you would a text processor). Try this in the sandbox as well. Following is the image syntax as simple as I can make it. Type the following, exactly as it appears: [[File:IMAGENAME|thumb|XXpx]]. Now, replace IMAGENAME with the exact name of your image, copypasted from the file page (including the .jpg, .svg, .png, whatever, but not File:; that is already there). Replace XX with a number between say, 100 to 500, 100 being smallest, and 500 being largest. In theory it is possible to go without these limits, but most images in articles are in this range. You can try this in the sandbox; use Example.jpg for IMAGENAME if you do. Intelligentsium 01:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, What is the "replace IMAGENAME with the exact name of your image" Image??? Where do I get this link or reference? I thought I could use my website link? No?? Where does this info come from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsuru8 (talk • contribs) 02:01, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

You said you've uploaded an image to Wikipedia. So what Intelligentsium means is to first type [[File:IMAGENAME|thumb|XXpx]], then delete the word IMAGENAME, and type the name of the image you uploaded in its place. Then follow the rest of his instructions. --Mysdaao ^talk 02:06, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I did exactly what you said, copied the

File:IMAGENAME

XXpx

onto the edited page for Pechora Pipit, and then changed IMAGENAME to "http://tsuru-bird.net/a_species/pipit_pechora/pipit_pechora_spring_attu-island_alaska_1a.jpg" then changed the XXpx to 150 for starters. Nothing seems to show up when I click on the "Show Preview" to see the image show up on the webpage. So, something is wrong, and not intuitive. Thank you for your reply and additional instructions too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsuru8 (talk • contribs) 02:14, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

An image can't be used in a Wikipedia article from an external website. Before adding it, it has to be uploaded to Wikipedia by clicking "Upload file" on the left side of any page. However, not all images can be uploaded. Wikipedia can't accept copyrighted images. If you're able to upload it, please do so and then try again to add it to an article. --Mysdaao ^talk 02:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, got as far as getting the image showing up now, by using the "name" I gave it on Wikipedia when I uploaded it. I had asked about the website URL in my previous question but now you've answered you can't use that, so changed the reference to the name I gave it when uploading to Wikipedia.

So, the next question, and hopefully last, is how do I get the image to show up on the top right portion of the page as all the other pages I see on Wikipedia of a species where the pic is at the top right portion of the page? Mine is showing up in the preview at the bottom right of the page. Thanks in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsuru8 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Pechora Pipit

Thanks for contributing images. I see you uploaded File:Pechora Pipit spring Attu-island Alaska.jpg to Wikimedia Commons. Images can also be uploaded directly to the English Wikipedia but it's best to upload to Commons when the license allows it as in your case. Images at Commons and at the English Wikipedia are added to articles in the same way. If you want the image to be part of the box to the right of Pechora Pipit then see Template:Taxobox#Images (some other similar looking boxes can have other code for adding images). If you want to add a stand-alone image elsewhere in the article then see Wikipedia:Images#Using images. For example, the following code produces the image to the right: [[File:Pechora Pipit spring Attu-island Alaska.jpg|thumb|alt=Photography of a small bird standing in snow|Pechora Pipit]]. The same software and user interface is used to ask questions, answer questions, edit articles, and most other things. This can sometimes be confusing to new contributors. Please come back here if you have more questions. This is a good place to ask them. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:26, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

GOT IT !!!!! Thanks for your help!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsuru8 (talk • contribs) 02:30, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm afraid you'll have to crop that particular image. There is some noise, but more importantly, it says "Copyright 2009 - Monte M Taylor"; you'll have to edit that out before you put it on any articles. Intelligentsium 02:32, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

You can see how another page did something by clicking "edit this page" and look at the code. For example, Mountain Pipit adds an image to the box with these parameters to {{Taxobox}}:

| image =Mountain Pipit (Anthus hoeschi).jpg
| image_caption = Top of [[Sani Pass]], border of South Africa and Lesotho.

"File:" is not included in the file name when using {{Taxobox}}, but there are other situations where it has to be included. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Template:Taxobox#Images says the image size in the taxobox is controlled with a parameter of form | image_width = 320px. Another editor added the parameter | size = 300 but the parameter name size is not recognized by Template:Taxobox and therefore ignored. Anyway, it's often best to omit an image size in an infobox. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

No INR donation option

I would like to donate some money to Wikipedia in INR but you do not have an option to donate in INR. Please add that option so many other Indians can donate too. I would suggest you to have an aggrement with SBI (State Bank of India) which is a national and most popular bank in India. Else you can go with International banks like HSBC/Citi etc.

Thanks, MKD

• It's not the most trustworthy of sources, but it appears there are legal problems when it comes to using Paypal in India (http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum31/1519.htm), which I assume is your donation method of choice. That's not something Wikipedia can change. Credit cards are processed by Paypal too. Have you considered donating using another method? - 131.211.211.252 (talk) 12:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Bookmarking Paricular Items for a Personal Wiki

Is there a mechanism to bookmark or capture particular definitions/entries to form a personal Wiki or glossary? .. to allow later review of the subset of definitions of interest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.201.88.62 (talk) 05:40, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Books may be close to what you are looking for. --Jayron32 06:12, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Is it for a quick reference to a policy or main page article you are looking for? You can setup links in your userspace and name them whatever would assist you in remembering where they direct to. You can also setup things called anchors within the link to go directly to a section of article. This can be explained in detail if this is what you are referring to. Calmer Waters 06:23, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Personal wiki has a specific technical definition. Is that what you mean? Or do you mean Your very own Wikipedia bookmark page? To do the latter, you have to create an account first. --Teratornis (talk) 21:36, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Autocomplete on Wikipedia

Is there a page on the autocomplete feature for the search box providing more information about it, e.g its history, what the order of appearance is based on? Richard001 (talk) 09:33, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

• No, autocomplete has nothing to do with Wikipedia, the information it uses comes straight from your browser. Wikipedia has nothing to do with it. - 131.211.211.252 (talk) 12:47, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

By default, Wikipedia does show a list of suggestions in the search box based on what has been typed. It's described briefly at Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers#How do I search Wikipedia?, but I can't find any page with more information. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:18, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Maybe more information can be found by searching terms used here: mw:Manual:$wgAjaxSearch, mw:Manual:$wgEnableMWSuggest, rev:33400. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:55, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

The order is based on number of links to article, as well as if there is an exact match. Redirects to article that differ in case are removed. --rainman (talk) 14:27, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Photos at Flickr

Was wondering if photos posted at pictures/2559131312/ Flickr qualify as free images we can use at Wiki, since they have been effectively published in what looks like the public domain.

Orestes654 (talk) 10:20, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Nope, they're licenced as 'All rights reserved'. See the acceptable licences at Wikipedia:FLICKR. 10:23, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

You can use {{Flickr free}} to search for photos on Flickr that are licensed suitably for uploading to Wikimedia Commons. For example, this search finds 150 freely-licensed photos of which many show the Sony Center which is the subject of some of the non-free photos you linked to:

• Search Flickr for images with the keywords: Sony-Center, Potsdamer Platz under these licenses: cc-by or cc-by-sa

For more information see Commons:COM:EIC#Flickr. Also, Don't abbreviate Wikipedia as Wiki. --Teratornis (talk) 21:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Deleted?

(del/undel) 23:00, December 3, 2009 (hist | diff) PAGENAME

I came across an edit in someone's history that looked like the above line. It can't have been deleted, because I'm an admin. So I must've missed something while I was away. Does this mean we can now see an oversighted edit used to be there? - Mgm|^(talk) 13:04, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 57#Oversight logs. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:38, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

The oversight extension has been replaced with the RevDelete extension. I believe that RevDelete has multiple levels of operation; if an Admin deletes a revision using it, then other admins can still see and undelete the contents of the revision. If an oversighter or other high functionary RevDeletes a revision (so-called "Suppression mode"), then only someone at THEIR level has that option, and admins cannot see the contents of the revision. However, RevDelete, unlike oversight, leaves a "ghost" behind, indicating that the revision existed. See WP:REVDELETE for a fuller explanation. --Jayron32 13:37, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

RevDelete can also suppress or not suppress the edit summary or editor. This allows you to leave a non-rule-violating edit summary or username up while deleting the contents, or suppress all if the username and/or edit summary were inflammatory or otherwise suppression-worthy. My guess is that username and edit summary suppression is mostly vandalism or harassment-related. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 14:46, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

No regional presence in India

hi, was just curious why WIKI doesnt have a regional office in India, i think there is formidable number of netizens from india, who regularly refer WIKI

Also, as already mentioned in one of the earlier posts there is no option for donation in INR and no tie ups with the national/private banks from india. See in times like these is when we can get in touch with the regional offices

would like to know if i can donate through Debit Card, under the Credit card option ??

Thanks, Santosh —Preceding unsigned comment added by Santoshkamble (talk • contribs) 13:22, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I assume you mean Wikimedia, the parent company of Wikipedia. The word "wiki" is a generic term for the kind of software that Wikipedia and other Wikimedia websites use, but it has no additional connection to the company or the website. According to the article on Wikimedia, there is no local chapter in India; however if you are interested, you may be able to start one yourself. I have no idea what is involved in starting a local chapter, but see this link which contains information on how to actually start a local chapter. --Jayron32 13:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

To answer your second question, if the debit card is a Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover card, then it can be used like a credit card with that option. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:16, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

• If you scroll up a couple of questions you'll find a question about donation in INR which may interest you. -0 87.211.75.45 (talk) 18:20, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

difference between two companies should be added

like i would like to knoe what is difference between Times of india and Deccan chronicle news paper what are the major differences between both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaitunvk (talk • contribs) 13:44, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

You are free to read the Wikipedia articles The Times of India and The Deccan Chronicle yourself and arrive at your own conclusions. They are seperately run newspapers with different parent companies, so I don't know that there are expected to be anything similar between them except that they are both Indian newspapers. --Jayron32 13:54, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Editing Advice

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 15:55, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Please refer to Game_Boy_music#Artists and note how many MySpace, unofficial, and unverified entries there are in this list. I am very tempted to remove all entries that do not already have an exiting Wikipedia article. Does anyone else think this change would be warranted? WAT (talk • contributions) 15:26, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh good lord, yes. What a mess. When I run across things like that, I remove anything that doesn't link to a legit Wikipedia article. TNXMan 15:32, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Ha! Ok, thank you for the confirmation. WAT (talk • contributions) 15:35, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Sources

I am new and confused, and my question is how do I show that an addition I made is verifiable and accurate? The Conqueror Worm (talk) 16:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

You provide citations to reliable sources (i.e., not gossip sites, blogs, etc.); and you format those cites in an acceptable manner (see WP:CITE for instructions on how to do so). --Orange Mike | Talk 16:44, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Would a blog from a newspaper qualify. As in, a reporter's blog on the newspaper website. The Conqueror Worm (talk) 16:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

If it's on the newspaper's website, and the newspaper is itself a reliable source, then yes; but you must not go beyond what is on the website with your own conclusions, deductions, reasoning, etc. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:00, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Also, comments made by the reporter are OK, but comments made by readers are not (unless the reporter indicates the reader was right, such as a reader pointing out an error in a column and the reporter acknowledging he/she had indeed made an error.) --Jc3s5h (talk) 17:04, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

A blog qualifies if the person exercising editorial control over the blog and the person making the statement are both reliable sources. Newspapers vary. A newspaper blog which "speaks for" the newspaper is as reliable as the paper itself, providing the text is written by or later explicitly endorsed by someone speaking on behalf of the paper. A "reporter blog" or "columnist blog" may or may not be reliable depending on circumstances. Some newspapers give reports and columnists great leeway on blogs, treating them like an in-house WordPress or other blog. Others insist that employees running blogs on the newspaper's web site act as if they were writing a printed column and expect them to act in accordance with high journalistic standards. Caveat reader. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 17:35, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I ask a Q in the RD. It's removed. I ask the editor about it in the editor's talk page. It too was removed. Now what do I do?

Resolved

 – I think we're done... – ukexpat (talk) 02:22, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Here is the question as it existed.
(last question--about the soldiers and welfare)
[4]
Thanks for your help.
:-D
Civic Cat (talk) 17:52, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

• Questions at the RD aren't supposed to evoke political discussions. Some people will agree with it, others will find it ridiculous. But any answer would be an opinion rather than something factual which is what the RD is meant for. That's why I suspect it was removed. - 87.211.75.45 (talk) 18:18, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure many questions can evoke political discussions. e.g. "What did Obama do this week?". However, given how Wikipedia has many articles, I'm wouldn't be too surprised that there would be a few that would decently provide some facts in this.Civic Cat (talk) 18:24, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I am in perfect agreement in the removal of the question, but for the editor to delete your question about it on his talk page is incredibly rude. Granted, it's hard to tell if you were trying to be funny with the way you phrased it (it sounds kind of rude itself), but Ghostexorcist failed to assume good faith in this case. As for the information you were originally seeking, try rephrasing it as a search for references or sources, and try to keep your inflammatory thesis out of it as much as possible. —Akrabbim^talk 18:46, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

So noted. I will consider my actions. It might be that I will have to search through Wikipedia and other sources. Perhaps it is time to set up my own webpage and pose a question, do a few hours of research, and post my results and conclusions to the question.
:-D
I will monitor my postings of this question in Answerbag and RationalWiki
:-D
Civic Cat (talk) 19:04, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Aside from being more philosophical than factual in nature (and thus not suitable for the reference desk), the phrasing makes it read like you were trolling, rather than seeking actual information. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:09, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

The question was ill-posed, since few people could agree on what constitutes a "glorified welfare recipient". Presumably you understand that a "welfare recipient" is under no obligation to do any sort of work in return for receiving money, whereas soldiers have to perform many duties. Next time, try asking a question using something other than loaded language, and stating a premise that most educated people can understand. In other words, try to separate your personal value judgments from the questions you have about your personal value judgments. You could unravel your personal value judgments into preliminary questions, for example. You might ask about what constitutes a "welfare recipient" and whether it is possible for a "welfare recipient" to be "glorified", and what that might mean. --Teratornis (talk) 21:55, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Why am I not an "Autoconfirmed User" yet?

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 02:21, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

MY account is now more than 4 days old and my preferences state that I have made 22 edits which is more than 10. I still can't upload an image in the English wikipedia because it says I'm not autoconfirmed yet. What else do I have to do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by JTallacksen (talk • contribs) 19:14, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and autoconfirmed your account. Let us know if you have further issues. TNXMan 19:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

The reason you weren't autoconfirmed before is because your account isn't 4 complete days old yet. That will happen at 21:30 UTC today. --Mysdaao ^talk 19:21, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Keep up with new articles

Is there a page on Wikipedia that lists recent article additions or changes to articles? I was reading about WikiGnomes and the like, and some of those involved active participation in new content. How do people keep up with the new content? Sheeeeeeep (talk) 19:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

You mean Special:NewPages and Special:RecentChanges? --Orange Mike | Talk 20:05, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Reviewing an article

Hello,

I'm trying to review an article. The message at the top of the page says,

This page is a new unreviewed article. This template should be removed once the page has been reviewed by someone other than its creator; if necessary the page should be appropriately tagged for cleanup.

I am not the creator and wish to review the article so this message can be removed from the page. How do I do this?

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.146.193.25 (talk) 20:38, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Which article are you seeking to review? I'm not sure if perhaps you need to be a registered editor to handle that. --AndrewHowse (talk) 20:44, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

That template is added automatically to articles that are created by the wiz. Anyone can review and remove the template, except I guess the creator of the article.  – ukexpat (talk) 20:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I'm trying to review an entry titled "Carbon lock-in". I'm pretty sure I'm not a registered editor. I did not understand that that was the process. If that's the case, how does this article ever get reviewed? Thanks again for your reply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.146.193.25 (talk) 21:45, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Carbon lock-in - you don't have to be a registered user to edit an article, so just click on the edit tab at the top of the article and have at it, but please read WP:EDIT first. – ukexpat (talk) 21:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

New Topic

Sir or madam,

I wonder if you could help me. I am considering writing an article on Wikipedia about a new political party my friend is setting up. He has no idea how to use Wikipedia so thats why I am creating the article.

The party is not registered at the moment, but hopes to be within the next 12 months. Would I have to wait until the party is registered in the UK, or could we upload an information section about the political party beforehand?

It will be a UK based party, it is currently very small, however my friend says he is expecting to create "many waves" in politics so there will be a fair bit of coverage on his party.

Would Wikipedia be interested in letting me upload his information about the party?

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithster1001 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

A new political party is almost certain to fail our notability requirements - please take a look at WP:ORG and WP:RS. – ukexpat (talk) 21:20, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

And see WP:UPANDCOMING and WP:ALTOUT. --Teratornis (talk) 21:57, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again, followed these instructions, however, when I go to the edit page another page comes up asking for edits, and I've commented I'm not making edits, simply reviewing, hitting "save change" and the message box is still there. Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarazb (talk • contribs) 22:24, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Those pages that were linked by Teratornis and ukexpat should be read, not edited. Or am I misunderstanding your question? Xenon54 / talk / 22:37, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Um, don't. It is likely to be deleted as failing notability requirements and if it is heavily edited by anyone with a conflict of interest that person's edits will be subject to even more scrutiny. Instead, wait until the party is officially running for at least one election and add it to List of political parties in the United Kingdom. Do not create an article or red-link at this time unless the party clearly meets the notability requirements. Once the party gets enough mainstream press someone with no connection to the party will try to look it up on Wikipedia, see that there is no article, and create one.

Wikipedia is, or ideally at least is a lagging indicator of notability. This lag may be only a few minutes, such as with major news events like celebrity deaths, or years, such as with celebrities on the C- or D-list. But it should never be a leading indicator. That is, there should not be an article about a subject that is not yet notable. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 23:40, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Patrolled

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 02:20, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

So I've been using WP for several years, but I keep running across this term "marked as patrolled" both on WP and in Huggle, but I can't find any information about what that is or how it's used. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 21:23, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:New pages patrol May help. Essentially, as a confirmed user if you are looking at Special:NewPages you can click the "mark this page" link which means that you feel it is acceptable in the face of it, and does not fall under a criteria for speedy deletion. The yellow higlighted items in Special:NewPages have not been patrolled, the others have. Does that help? Pedro :  Chat  21:32, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what I wanted to know! ^_^ --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 01:42, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

When I look at unpatrolled pages, I do one of three things: if it is suitable for a speedy deletion, or a proposal for deletion, I will do that; if it is missing references, etc, I add any suitable tags; if I think I can improve it, I will - then I mark it as patrolled. Actually there is a 4th option: if I'm not sure which one of those 3 is applicable, I just leave it! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 07:45, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit stats

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 02:19, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Does anyone know of any statistics on the number of Wikipedia edits (per day, or whatever), stretching back over the past several years? 86.134.9.78 (talk) 23:12, 4 December 2009 (UTC).

There are per month statistics for the English Wikipedia at http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/ChartsWikipediaEN.htm#3. Wikipedia:Statistics has links to various statistics. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Fantastic ... thanks PH. 86.134.46.130 (talk) 01:10, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

December 5

How to download and use a labeled image map

Where can I find information that will explain how to download and use a Wikipedia labeled image map? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.162.76.88 (talk) 01:18, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

mw:Extension:ImageMap, and linked pages. Intelligentsium 02:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Days of the year RSS feed

How can I get an RSS feed for the individual 'Days of the year'? I have been looking for a good online almanac. This format is ideal:

   * 1 Events
   * 2 Births
   * 3 Deaths
   * 4 Holidays and observances
   * 5 External links

¡Gracias! GBH —Preceding unsigned comment added by Genesee.gbh (talk • contribs) 02:43, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

You can find that information by typing in any day of the year (e.g. 5 December) in the search box to the left. Unfortunately, it is outside the domain of this help desk to help you find something outside of Wikipedia, as this page specifically deals with questions about Wikipedia itself. Wikipedia does not provide the type of RSS feed you are looking for, so the next step is to ask this at the Reference desk, where volunteers are reading and willing to answer just about any question you can throw at them that doesn't have to do with Wikipedia. Xenon54 / talk / 03:13, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

linking new account (username) to old edits done under anon. IP address

I just created an account for myself, but have made about ten minor edits in the past anonymously under my IP address. Is there a way for my new username to show up on those past edits? Lynn Maury (talk) 03:03, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

It was possible, but the page fell inactive in early 2005 and I guess the feature was eventually disabled, because it hasn't been restarted since then. Sorry. What you could do is create a userpage and write on it to the effect of "I made X edits as IP.ADD.RES.SS" just to let any interested parties know. If the edits were very minor, though, it probably isn't worth it. Xenon54 / talk / 03:13, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

The page was at Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:32, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

If you only made around 10 edits under your IP address I wouldn't worry about it too much. Rjwilmsi 20:11, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Auto archiving your user talk page

Can someone please point me to a page which explains how to set up auto archival of your user talk page? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 03:35, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

2 bots are currently in service for that purpose: MiszaBot III and ClueBot III. Directions are on the userpage of whichever one you pick. If you're having trouble deciding: MiszaBot runs once a day at a specific (but undisclosed) time. Conversely, ClueBot runs continuously, as far as I know. Xenon54 / talk / 03:42, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Questions Comments to ensure Publication

As the owner/writer of the new submission, I have attempted to delete the Facebook link for our Windy City Blues Society (Chicago), even though I don't feel thi is a violation as it is our Facebook Page link. I am hopeful that the Page will now be published with or without the link without further "quick deletion" action from me. I am also hoping that I do not need to add links to help it become non-orphaned, but please advise. I also did not understand where to put {{hangon}}

BlackJack7861b (talk) 14:23, 5 December 2009 (UTC)BlackJack for Windy City Blues Society

• The problem isn't the facebook link - it is the fact that the page is a direct copy from a website! It is also overtly promotional, it is not written in a neutral point of view - and those are just what I see from a quick glance at the article. I cannot find any significant coverage in the media (a Google News Search had 3 hits, all of which basically said "the Windy City Blues Society put on xyz event"). I cannot see anything to show that this society meets Wikipedia's Notability guidelines let alone Wikipedia's notability guidelines for organisations. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 14:50, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Author Page Publication

Hi. I'm a new author and would like a Wikipedia page. People who have read my book have posted to try to get a Wiki page, but it's never been published. Can you please tell me why and what has to be done to get one?

Thank you Melissa Foster —Preceding unsigned comment added by WriterFoster (talk • contribs) 15:03, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia's principal criterion for inclusion is notability, further described for people here. I suspect, and no disrespect is intended, that you are not notable as Wikipedia defines it. Please also take a look at WP:COI and WP:AUTO. – ukexpat (talk) 16:04, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Further to ukexpat's answer, as you have described yourself as a new author, I also suspect that you would not meet Wikipedia's criteria. The places that I tend to look at are Google Scholar (no hits about you); Google Books (which has one hit which I believe is related to you - assuming that you are the author of 'Megan's Way') and Google News (none of which appear to be about you).

Megan's Way was only published in July this year, so I think it is too early to be considered a 'notable' (as Wikipedia defines it) author! Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 16:16, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

A suggested article at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Melissa Foster was declined for lacking reputable third-party sources. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Windy City Blues Society

Please undelete the page. I have removed Facebook link (which I believe should be allowed) so there should be no reason it is still deleted, and please see my other messages relating to this. Thank you. BlackJack (editor/creator/writer of page and Windy City Blues Society executive committee member) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.38.68 (talk) 18:56, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Nope. That was a copyright-violating advertisement for a non-notable organization, and thus fell under three categories for instant deletion. Since you have such a blatant conflict of interest, you should never have created the article in the first place; a fourth problem. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:15, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict)The facebook link was not in particular a problem - there were two main problems with the article - firstly, it was advertising/promotion (which is not what Wikipedia is for); secondly, it was a direct copy from a copyrighted website. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:18, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Problem with refreshing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old

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 – Great reply - thanks! — Sebastian 07:17, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old is refreshed by mathbot with the refresh link on that page. I just did that, and the bot removed at least one link to a discussion that has not been closed - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Waka Flocka Flame. Any idea what's wrong? Is there a better place to turn to with such problems? — Sebastian 19:40, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

At the time of Mathbot's edit [5] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Waka Flocka Flame had been relisted on December 5.[6][7]. Mathbot probably saw it was not transcluded on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2009 November 27 so it seems correct to remove it from November 27. If it seems a bot is doing something wrong then the first step should usually be to look for contact information for the bot operator on the user page or user talk page of the bot. User:Mathbot and User talk:Mathbot refer comments to User talk:Oleg Alexandrov. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:47, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Unwanted bold-face in wikipedia table, bug?

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 22:21, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

The first table in List_of_National_Treasures_of_Japan_(paintings)#Statistics has entries which appear in boldface even though they should not be in bold-face. Also the table code does not contain any markup which would make it bold face as far as i can see. Bold-face seems to appear in cells which have dark background and don't have a "rowspan" (don't cover more than one row). How do I get rid of the bold-face?bamse (talk) 21:21, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind. I found my mistake (using ! instead of |). bamse (talk) 22:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Annoying bug

Moved to Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)]]

This may be a long shot, but I'm wondering if anyone who has any influence in such matters could press for a long-standing bug (and, for me, regular irritant) in Wikipedia's "diff" generation to be fixed. This is a typical example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nonsuch_Palace&action=historysubmit&diff=328327302&oldid=283689391

You can see that several paragraphs that are identical or substantially identical are flagged as completely different, due to the software getting confused for some reason that I do not fully understand. I believe this is logged as a known issue, and has been for some time, but is seen as low priority and appears unlikely to ever be fixed without a prod from someone. If there is a more appropriate place for me to post this request then please let me know. 86.146.46.190 (talk) 21:58, 5 December 2009 (UTC).

Yes, it is known. One of the Village Pump sites, probably technical is the best place to discuss it further.--SPhilbrickT 22:15, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll move this thread there. 86.146.46.190 (talk) 22:45, 5 December 2009 (UTC).

Search bar

how do i clear my search bar?66.25.32.17 (talk) 23:09, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I assume you are referring to the search bar located in your browser. General knowledge questions relating to computer issues are the territory of the Computing reference desk; this page is for questions directly relating to Wikipedia. Xenon54 / talk / 23:14, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

December 6

Contact

I would like to have my email removed from a number of pages in wikipedia. The email will (probably be visible) in the history, and when the removing (the text). (So I might need an oversighter.) Is there an email I can contact, or help otherwise?174.3.102.6 (talk) 01:53, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Requests for oversight. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:59, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

How the person in coma will recure?

My friend had brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen for too long.Now she is in coma from last four years.Will she recure from this?How do i help her?Pls help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shashank shinde (talk • contribs) 13:05, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

We cannot offer medical advice. Please see the medical disclaimer. Contact your General Practitioner. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 13:19, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

New articles

In project pages there are links to pages named New article announcements. I observe that these pages are not regular article pages. How are the links to new articles added to these pages ? Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 13:19, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Some WikiProjects have a bot looking for new additions to categories covered by that project. For example, the page history of Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/Current activity shows it is updated by User:Jitse's bot. There it says it relies on the work of User:Mathbot, who lists all the mathematics articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:48, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

See User:AlexNewArtBot for a bot used by many projects. It can use other things than categories to search for relevant articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:57, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

HTTPS with HTTP content mixed

Please fix that type of mixed content, thanks. (see here) --84.44.153.128 (talk) 15:54, 6 December 2009 (UTC)